John March

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  • Glenn Beck, What Would Jesus Do?

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    Glenn Beck is a polarizing figure. People seem to land in one of two camps — they either love him or loathe him.  He’s either the savior of our democratic state or a catalyst to toxic political debates around the country.  Just a week ago, he held a rally that drew thousands, if not hundreds…

  • A Seminary Student is a Sinner, Gasp!

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    I just came across an article about a male Gordon-Conwell student (the seminary I attended) who allegedly broke into a female student’s dorm room and setup a video camera with the intent of filming her.  You can read about it on the Boston Herald or the Salem News sites.  I feel badly for this young woman.…

  • Secrets

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    Secrets sabotage relationships like poison destroys the body.   When we keep secrets, we do damage to the relationships with the people we keep these secrets from.  Whatever we are hiding becomes less damaging than the fact that we are hiding something at all.  The secret ruins the relationship not the thing that is kept…

  • Honest Abe

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    Abraham Lincoln is a legend.  He is known for being a wise, steadfast, and visionary leader who moved the United States through the Civil War and out of slavery.  But that is certainly not how he was known during his lifetime.  He was perceived by many as waffling, inexperienced, and a failure. Lincoln faced repeated…

  • Busy Month

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    This has been a busy month.  Mary and I went to Singapore for a week at the beginning of the month.  I had the privilege of officiating a wedding for two good friends and former members of the Highrock College group.  Ken and Hui were integral parts of our ministry in Boston, and it was great…

  • More Marches!

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    So Mary’s pregnant.  She just returned from the doctor today, and they told her that she will likely deliver early next winter.  She also came home with some ultrasound pictures.  The baby is 3.9 cm long.  You can see his/her little arms and legs and head.  Crazy. Mary and I think we have the most…

  • Dostoevsky Disappoints, Just Like Jesus

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    Alyosha Karamazov, the protagonist in Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov, disappoints me as I’m sure Jesus would have if only I understood him as a first century Jew would have.  Alyosha is described from the outset as the hero of the story, and as I progressed through the novel, the author repeatedly promised tales of Alyosha’s…

  • Immigration Reform and Jesus

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    Over the last few years, the number of immigrants coming to the United States from Mexico has become an increasingly contentious political issue.  Politicians have flirted with comprehensive immigration reform at times, but the explosive nature of the issue in the public’s mind has mostly kept politicians from doing anything substantial at a Federal level.…

  • What’s Good about the Good News?

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    I love Jim Gaffigan.  His routines are funny because they humorously describe the most common human experiences.  He has great bits on recycling, bacon, watching TV, and working out to name a few.  In the clip above, he captures the awkwardness of evangelism.  He perfectly portrays the discomfort that comes when someone says to you,…

  • Only A Suffering God Can Help

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    What if God actually helped us?  What if, in our moment of pain, we could pray and our pain would go away?  What if, when we suffered, we could ask God for help and our suffering would actually cease?  That’d be nice.  It would be nice if knowing Christ meant saying goodbye to pain.  …